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* r-' TO:Mayor Petersen s Orono Council Members City Administrator Bernhardson FROM: DATS: 5219&L..-.-. .. XMichael P. Gaffron, Asst Planning s Zoning AdministMtofl|M|^ %\ % May 21, 1991 SUBJECT: Hardcover Status of Weed Control Fabrics Issue - Should weed control fabrics be granted non-hardcover status, and under what conditions? Bshlblts - Exhibit A Exhibit B Exhibit C Exhibit D Exhibit E Exhibit F Exhibit G Exhibit H Pertinent Zoning Code Sections Current Hardcover Flyer 6 Worksheet Article, "Goodbye, Polyethylene" Minnesota DNR Guj'felines - Riprap Product Literature City of Eagen Flyer Re: Water Quality Freshwater Foundation Excerpt - "Lakes & Lawns Excerpts from "Designing with Geosynthetics" toning Code Definition of Hardcover - The Zoning Code definition of hardcover was adopted in 1974 and has not been revised since that time. The definition reads as follows: "Hardcover" - any structure, blacktop or other material which interferes to any degree with the direct absorption of rainfall into the ground. Intont of Hardcover Ordinance - The specific intent for hardcover management is alluded to in Section 10.55, the Flood Plain and Wetlands Management Ordinance. Section 10.55, Subdivision 1 (E) states that one of the specific intents is to "avoid too fast a runoff of surface waters from developed areas to prevent pollutant materals such as animal feces, motor oils, paper, sand, salt and other debris, garbage, and foreign materials, from being carried directly into the nearest natural stream, lake or other public waters." The Orono Comprehensive Plan in Part 2, Chapter 3, (the "Enviromental Protection Plan") discusses in detail the various studies that resulted in the adoption of "Urban Area Policies for Natural Resource Management" on page 3-22. Item #3 of the Urban Area Policies reads as follows: i I Umi -wAi